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How many chromatids of a chromosome do a centromere hold?

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Centromere:
Centromere refers to a constricted region of a chromosome that helps in chromosomal segregation during cell division.
Centromere also holds the chromatids of a chromosome.
A centromere holds two sister chromatids of a single chromosome.

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